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In the period after their military service, Jewish Israeli youth customarily embark on a unique touristic practice: the backpacking trip. Combining sociological, anthropological, and psychological research-based on innovative fieldwork conducted with Israeli backpackers in Israel and abroad-this book depicts the complex relationship between the traveling youth and their society of origin. Via a perspective the editors term "outside-in," we learn how social and cultural tensions and tenets, identities, fantasies, and preoccupations are acted out within a symbolic, touristic space by scores of Israeli youth. Book jacket.

Introduction: Backpacking as a Rite of Passage in Israel

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Chaim Noy and Erik Cohen

Preamble

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Background: Backpacking in Contemporary Society

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The Israeli Context: Tarmila'ut

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A Cultural Rite of Passage

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The Historical Development of Israeli Backpacking

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The Drifters of the Seventies

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Backpacking and Military Service

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From Sites to Enclaves

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The Enclave Out There

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Ambivalence toward the Enclave

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The Enclave as Frontier

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Contemporary Backpacking Sites and Routes

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Sites in the Homeland

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Routes and Sites Abroad

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Sites in Asia and the Pacific

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Sites in South and Central America

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Categories and Subcultures of Israeli Backpackers

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Categories

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Collective versus Individual Backpacking

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Ethnic and Socioeconomic Background

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Variations of Military Service Prior to the Trip

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Religious Background

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Age Cohorts

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Gender

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Backpacking in Asia versus South and Central America

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Subcultures

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Kovshim (conquerors) versus Mitnahalim (settlers)

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Karhanim or Manali versus Issta'im

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"The Wave"-Itineraries and Sites among South

American Mochileros

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Contrasting Modes of the Quest for Identity among Israeli Youth Tourists

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The Backpackers and their Researchers

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Review of the Contributions to the Volume

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Notes

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References

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Chapter 1 Next Year in Kathmandu: Israeli Backpackers and the Formation of a New Israeli Identity

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Ayana Shira Haviv

Introduction

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A Note on Methods

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A New Identity

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"Heart of Darkness": The Older Generation's View of the Backpackers

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A Case of Israeli-itis ". The Israeli Backpacker Stereotype

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"Out of the Pressure Cooker": Escape from Israeli Society and Politics